Preparations
Matsumoto, Hinamori, Kira, Hisagi and Nanao were decorating the arbour that was built especially for the wedding. It was going to play the role of an aisle, since they decided to hold the ceremony on Soukyoku hill. Hinamori, Nanao and Matsumoto were dividing the flowers in groups and used their esthetical feeling to decorate the arbour. The flowers were red roses and violet orchids. They chose this theme because of Renji's hair color and Rukia's eyes color. Hisagi and Kira were patiently obeying the orders given to them because they didn't want to get into fight with the girls. Kira climbed on one ladder to desorate the roof and Hisagi was down to hold it, because it was unstable. It was untypical May's heat in SS. The group was sweating and they all prayed that the weather tomorrow on the wedding will be cooler. Hinamori wasn't feeling very well since the morning, because she felt like someone has sucked all her energy. The heat was making it worse.
- Are you sure you are ok, Hinamori – chan? – Matsumoto asked. – You look pale.
- Ah, I am fine. – the girl smiled. – Don't worry about me. The arbour is big and we don't have much time. Concentrate on that.
Nanao was silent. She had her own suspicions on Hinamori's condition. She didn't want to make her friend worry, so she kept her thoughts for herself.
- Come on guys! – Matsumoto said loudly. – It is so silent. Let's discuss something.
- There is nothing interesting except the wedding Rangiku – san. – Kira said.
- Oh, I know some news. – she smiled playfully.
None of them asked about it. Kira and Hisagi were bored, Nanao was worried and Hinamori was not in the mood, because of her health disorder.
- Ok. I will say it. – Matsumoto sighed. – Yesterday when taicho returned from the world of living he got some news.
Flashback:
- Oh, taicho, you are back! – Matsumoto shouted.
- Quiet, Matsumoto!
- Say, did you find them? – she asked curiously.
- I found only Kurosaki Ishin in the Kurosaki's house. He sent you best wishes.
- Kurosaki Ishin? – she put a finger on her lips and looked confused.
- Your previous taicho, baka! – Hitsugaya shouted.
- Oh, yes. – she looked cheerful.
- Matsumoto, I think you have problem with remembering names. – he sighed.
During the winter war:
- Oh my God, taichooooo! – Matsumoto shouted.
- What, Matsumoto? – Hitsugaya turned to find her looking at a complete stranger with shinigami clothes.
- Dad! – Ichigo shouted in surprise. – What the hell are you doing here? Why are you wearing a shinigami uniform?
After that it was revealed that Kurosaki Ishin had been the 10th division's previous captain.
- It is because when he was my captain I was so used to calling him "taicho" that I've forgotten his name. – she explained the situation.
- Will you forget my name too? – he asked ironically.
- Of course not. He hadn't been in SS for 20 years. That is why I forgot his name. There was no one around me to call him Kurosaki – taicho.
- Matsumoto what is my name? – he asked
- Come on, taicho! Of course I know it!
- Tell then. – he insisted.
- Hitsugaya Toushirou, or Shiro – chan! – she laughed.
- MATSUMOTO!
End of flashback
- After that he told me he had found Inoue's living place and only said that she is married. He told me that everything else is a surprise. Inoue wanted to surprise Rukia. I told him I can keep secrets, but he refused.
- But, Rangiku – san, you can't keep secrets. – Kira said.
- Hey, I am your drinking buddy! You must stand by my side. – she said.
At the same moment Hinamori felt that her eyesight was becoming blurry and that she could hardly stand on her feet. She dropped the roses she had been holding and caught one of the arbour's pillars to prevent herself from falling. Nanao who was close to her, hurried and came beside her right in time before the 5th division's lieutenant felt backwards. Nanao caught Hinamori, but she had lost consciousness. Matsumoto saw what happened too and hurried to help.
- Hinamori! – both Rangiku and Nanao started talking to her and tapping her cheeks in order for the girl to regain consciousness.
Hisagi turned to see what had happened and was shocked to find his friend lying on the floor. In the meantime Matsumoto and Nanao had poured water on Hinamori's face and she had regained consciousness.
- Yokata! – Hisagi sighed.
After that all of them heard a scream and turned to Kira's side. In his shock when seeing Hinamori, Hisagi had released the ladder and it had started shaking. The ladder started falling backwards but Kira was flying in the opposite direction, towards Hisagi. The blond man fell on Hisagi, their lips meeting. The three girls's eyes widened and they opened their mouths in surprise. When the boys parted Kira blushed furiously and whispered "I am sorry." Hisagi blushed slightly too and stood up. He started beating the dust out of his clothes. He spotted Matsumoto smirking at him.
- What? – he shouted. – We are not…
He stopped in the middle of his sentence, because he saw Kira blushing in front of him. Hinamori, Matsumoto and Nanao burst into laugher. At that time Hinamori remembered what Hitsugaya told her about Kira and Hisagi:"He is so smart and perceptive." – she thought with a smile, but suddenly her smile disappeared.
- Rangiku – san! – Hinamori said and Matsumoto stopped laughing and looked at her.
- Could you please keep this a secret from Hitsugaya – kun? Because you know how overprotective he is over me. I don't want him to worry over nothing and persuade me to go to the 4th division.
- Is it nothing? – Matsumoto asked.
- Yes. I am just a lot tired from all the preparations. – she smiled. – The heat contributed too.
Matsumoto wasn't convinced but she felt sympathy towards Hinamori so she smiled and said:
- Ok. Don't worry! I won't tell him anything.
- Thank you, Rangiku!
Because of her condition Hinamori was sent to rest by her friends. Nanao was escorting her to her room.
- Where are you going now? – Nanao asked.
- To my room of course. – Hinamori answered confused.
- Which do you consider your room? The one in your own small house or the one you share with Hitsugaya – taicho in his big house? – Nanao said with seriousness and criticism in her voice.
- What was that, Nanao? – Hinamori stopped walking and looked at her friend.
Nanao positioned her glassed and said:
- Don't you think that you are pregnant?
Hinamori's eyes widened from shock. She didn't answer.
- You are silent. Is this considered as "YES"?
- I think it is from the heat and the exhaustion. – Hinamori said.
- This is not the first time it happens. Remember when you told me that you almost fainted when you were with Toushirou in Rukongai?
- I haven't vomited.
- Look, it is serious. Pay attention to it and talk to your boyfriend. If you don't do it, I will. – Nanao said. – One baby is a big responsibility. It won't be a sweet romance anymore.
Hinamori touched her stomach and looked at it. Was she really pregnant? After a while they got to her place. Nanao waited for her friend to open the door and left without saying a word. She was really mad at Hinamori. And very worried too.
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At 8 o'clock in the evening all the women among the captains and vice-captains gathered in one bar to celebrate Rukia's last night as a free woman. Hinamori came too, because after she spent the afternoon sleeping she was feeling much better. Nanao looked her critically, but didn't say anything. It was a party and all of them needed to be in a good mood.
- Now, listen everyone! – Matsumoto shouted. She was already on her 3rd cup of sake. – I have a special surprise for the bride. – she smiled naughtily and Rukia smiled confusingly.
In this moment they heard Shirakawa Hana's (Kira's lieutenant) scream and looked at the door of the bar. They saw a handsome man wearing black shinigami uniform. His job was clarified when he walked to the pile behind the bar plot and started taking off his clothes. Rukia was completely shocked. Nanao's glasses almost fell. Hinamori opened her mouth from surprise. Yachiru was standing next to her and was enjoying the event.
- Rangiku! – Hinamori shouted, because with the girls's screams and the music it was hard to be heard. She got to her friend that was standing right in front of the strip teaser.
- Yes, Momo? – she asked and smiled at her.
- How could you hire a strip teaser?
- Why not? It is common in the world of living.
- Yachiru is still a child. – Hinamori said critically.
- That is right! – Matsumoto said and put a finger on her lips. – I forgot about it.
- I will try to get her out of here. – Hinamori sighed while throwing one more glance at the man that was now half-naked.
Hinamori was making her way through the crowd. She was amazed at the most women's behavior. Her captain, even Isane and Unohana they were all laughing. When she got to Yachiru she found Nanao trying to get her out too. Nanao said to Hinamori that she was giving up, because Yachiru didn't want to get out.
- Please, Yachiru – chan! – Hinamori insisted. – It is not so interesting.
- No. I said no, you are boring Nani( Yachiru call Nanao Nani, because of her "nanny" behavior with Shunsui and because she is very smart, asking questions like"Nani?" in order to learn more and more) ! – she said, but turned to see Momo. – Oh since it is you, Peachy, I will go out.
The sudden change in Yachiru surprised Nanao and Hinamori, but there was no time to waste, because the man was stripping quickly. Hinamori passed by Rukia to apologise before leaving the party. The bride wasn't feeling very well too. She was not used to this type of entertainment. The worst of this was that the strip teaser was stripping right in front of her and he was playfully coming closer to attract the bride.
When Yachiru and Hinamori got out the 5th division's lieutenant sighed in relief. Yachiru smiled naughtily at her.
- Yachiru – chan, please don't tell Zaraki – taicho about this! We don't want him to get angry at us. – Hinamori asked.
- Ok, Peachy. – the pink haired girl smiled.
"No complaints again? That is definitely strange." – Hinamori thought. They walked silently to the 11th division. When they got there Hinamori found herself really close to Hitsugaya's house and decided to pay him a visit after sending Yachiru home.
- Good night, Yachiru – chan! – Hinamori said and waved at her.
- Are you returning to the party? – the pink haired girl asked.
- No, I am going home. – Hinamori smiled and turned back. She turned right but heard Yachiru's voice from behind.
- The way to the 5th division is on the left.
- Oh, yes. I am so distracted today. – Hinamori laughed and turned left.
"And they say that Yachiru is bad with orientation!" – she shook her head. Then a thought passed in her head. She turned back and didn't see Yachiru in front of her and Kenpachi's house. "She must have got home. Now I can go without being seen." – she smiled and turned back, shunpoing to Hitsugaya's house. From the roof of her house, Yachiru was seen smiling and shunpoing after Hinamori.
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Hinamori got one key out of her pocket and put it in the lock. The door was just closed, but not locked. That meant that Toushirou was home. She smiled. It was typical of him not to stay long on the party. When she got into his house she found him lying in his bedroom, but he wasn't sleeping yet.
- Momo, aren't you supposed to be partying with the other women? – he asked.
- I left early. You can't believe what happened! – she said.
- Matsumoto hired a strip teaser?
- How did you guess? – she asked quite surprised from his reaction.
- Abarai and Madarame did the same! – he said and changed his position into a sitting one.
- What? – Hinamori laughed. – Renji and Matsumoto are so alike.
- It wasn't that funny when Byakuya came! – Toushirou said.
- He came!?
- Yes. He said that Rukia asked him to do it. One of the strip teasers liked him and started dancing around him.
- Poor Kuchiki – taicho! – Hinamori laughed. – How many strip teasers were there?
- Three.
- Why did you left then? – she looked at him mischeviously.
- Because I didn't want the women to fight for my attention and not to entertain the other men. – he smirked. – However, I wasn't the only one. Kira and Hisagi left even earlier.
Hinamori smiled at him and threw herself on the bed falling on him. He caught her just before they heads bump. She kissed his lips and started rubbing the back of head.
- Momo, how about you make me a strip tease? – he asked.
- You can dream. – she smiled and stood up.
She went to pull the curtains of the window. The things they were about to do were better not to be seen.
In the meantime Yachiru was eavesdropping from the window. She moved when Hinamori stood up, so they she didn't see the pink haired girl. Yachiru got down and started walking to her house. She smiled widely. What a nice thing she found!
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Sorry that I am late again. I got really lazy. I hope you liked the chapter. Look forward to the next final one! I promise that there will be a lot surprises. Please review!